Brighton vs Greece

A side-by-side comparison of Brighton and Greece: population, income, housing, and more.

Brighton and Greece are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brighton has the higher population (36,633 vs 14,053 in Greece). Brighton has the higher median household income ($83,723 vs $67,223 in Greece). Brighton has the higher median home value ($259,300 vs $157,600 in Greece).

Population, income & housing

	Brighton	Greece
Population	36,633	14,053
Median age	39.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,723	$67,223
Median home value	$259,300	$157,600
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,043
Housing units	16,966	6,746
Homeownership rate	56.3%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brighton	Greece
Population	36,272 → 36,633 (+1.0%)	14,798 → 14,053 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$75,807 → $83,723 (+10.4%)	$61,365 → $67,223 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$184,600 → $259,300 (+40.5%)	$122,700 → $157,600 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,049 → $1,272 (+21.3%)	$856 → $1,043 (+21.8%)

Brighton

Population

36,27236,633

Median household income

$75,807$83,723

Median home value

$184,600$259,300

Median gross rent

$1,049$1,272

Greece

Population

14,79814,053

Median household income

$61,365$67,223

Median home value

$122,700$157,600

Median gross rent

$856$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brighton	Greece
Under 5	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.4%
75 and over	10.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brighton	Greece
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	73.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brighton	Greece
No high school diploma	3.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	8.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brighton	Greece
Drove alone	69.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.9%	1.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.5%	10.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brighton	Greece
1-unit, detached	55.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	23.9%	9.6%
20 or more units	10.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Brighton	Greece
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1959	1968